229  TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIAs _ Scirpus. 
Root fibrous, purple-coloured.—Culms erect, from six to twelve 
inches kigh, round, smooth, three-fourths or more naked.— Leaves 
sheathing, nearly as long as the culm, filiform.— Spikes terminal, 
single, naked, oval ; flowers few.—Scales sub-orbicular.——Style broad, 
with downy margins. Stigma two-cleft.—Seed obcordate, com- 
pressed, smooth, light brown. 
22. S. strobilinus. R. E Me 
Culms two feet high, three-sided, base leafy. Leaves triangular. —— 
Spike lateral, solitary. Scales cordate, cuspidate. Siigmas two- * 
cleft. Seed roundish, beset with bristles.. : T 
A native of the soft, wet banks of the Ganges. Flowering time ae 
the cool season. Ni 
Root stoloniferous, with pale-coloured: nec A, simple, Coe 
straight, about two feet high, three-sided .— Leaves two or three, | 
fferent sizes, embracing the base of each culm, the longest near- ee 
ly the length of the culm, keeled and deeply chaunelled, smooth. — 
— Spike solitary, lateral, one-third part of the culm below its apex, / d 
-ovate-oblong, about oneinchin length., Involucre one-leaved, besides. i 
the continuation of the cuim, length of the spikes.— Scales cordate, 
euspidate, smooth.— Stamina three, with about double the 'number ; 2 
of bristles between them.— AntAers linear, when old spirdl.—Germ. 
obovate. Stigma two-cleft.— Seed flat, particularly on the inside, - 
roundish, obcordate, crowned with a minute portion of the: remain- a 
ing style, and embraced by about six slender, soft, permanent bris- F : 
- E are about the same length. p ber 
uL MET 
23. S. scaber. R. 
Culms erect, from four to eight inches high, ee Spikes te ter- 
minal. Scales oblong, urine. Stigma bifid. E pepe ; 
scabrous. GP 
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` Compare iih 8. tides: Retz. Obs. 5 iv.p.1 kc ; 
E nid pto T Dn rot on sine coast of Gates : 
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